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Anil Kumar

Greater Noida

Summary

Dynamic Industry Consulting Manager with a proven track record at NTT DATA, driving automation strategies that enhanced test coverage and reduced manual effort by 50%. Expert in Selenium and CI/CD practices, coupled with strong leadership skills, mentoring teams to achieve optimal performance and quality in software delivery.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Industry Consulting Manager (QA & Automation CoE)

NTT DATA
03.2021 - Current
  • Client: Fidelity Investments – Stock Plan Services
  • Tools: Selenium, RestAssured, Karate, ReadyAPI, Jenkins, Maven, Azure, Azure Blob, CI/CD
  • Spearheaded automation-first strategy integrating regression and functional tests within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
  • Designed and maintained Java-based automation frameworks (POM, BDD,DDD) improving reusability and cutting manual effort by 50%.
  • Implemented test data generation and mock services using Karate DSL and Postman mocks, reducing data dependency issues by 40%.
  • Enhanced test coverage and pipeline quality gates, ensuring deployment readiness within release windows.
  • Collaborated with DevOps teams to embed automated validation in single-click deployments (shift-left approach).
  • Initiated performance and reliability baselining, leveraging JMeter/k6 for critical API benchmarking.
  • Managed chaos and fault recovery experiments (pilot using Gremlin) to improve environment resiliency.
  • Mentored a team of 10+ QA engineers, conducted code reviews, and improved overall sprint throughput by 20%.
  • Defined KPIs, introduced test governance dashboards via Jenkins + Confluence integration for real-time visibility.
  • Telus International (Client: Dish Networks, Neustar)

Automation Lead

NTT DATA
01.2018 - 03.2021
  • Developed end-to-end API and Web Service automation using ReadyAPI, SOAPUI, and Groovy scripts.
  • Integrated automated regression suites in Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to support continuous deployment.
  • Led a 10-member QA team, overseeing automation delivery and test coverage optimization.
  • Conducted root cause analysis (RCA) and implemented DMAIC-based quality improvements, reducing defect rejection by 25%.

QA Lead – BMO, USA

BirlaSoft Ltd
11.2016 - 12.2017
  • Defined QA strategy for financial applications, including test planning, review, environment setup, and test data control.
  • Enhanced automation pipelines and collaborated with developers to adopt BDD-driven frameworks.

QA Engineer – RBS Faster Payments

FIS Global
10.2015 - 11.2016
  • Led automation testing using Selenium and SOAPUI within payment systems (Open Payment Framework).
  • Implemented structured entry/exit criteria and CI/CD validation gates for consistent quality delivery.

Automation Engineer – Smart TVs

Samsung India
03.2013 - 10.2015
  • Migrated SOAPUI test suites to TOSCA, introducing model-based automation for web services.
  • Validated system reliability and performance for Smart TV APIs and service integration layers.

QA Engineer – Virgin Australia

Coforge (NIIT Technologies)
10.2010 - 03.2013
  • Automated web services and GUI testing using TOSCA, Selenium, and SOAPUI.
  • Supported B2B and B2C testing environments ensuring robust coverage across modules.

Education

B.E. - Computer Science & Engineering

Maharshi Dayanand University
Rohtak
08-2010

Skills

  • Automation Frameworks: Selenium, Playwright, Karate, Cucumber, RestAssured, TestNG, Cypress
  • Load & Performance Tools: JMeter, Gatling (POC)
  • Chaos & Reliability Tools: Gremlin, Litmus (Exposure), Fault Injection Testing
  • CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, ArgoCD
  • Cloud and containers: Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, serverless functions
  • Test data and mocking: factory patterns, synthetic data (KarateMocks, Postman), data anonymization
  • Observability & Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic (Awareness)
  • Programming: Java, Groovy, JavaScript, SQL
  • Test Management: JIRA, Confluence, Xray, TestRail
  • Test automation
  • Continuous integration
  • API testing
  • Java programming
  • Performance benchmarking
  • Client management
  • Team leadership
  • Defect tracking
  • Test strategy development
  • Solution implementation
  • Problem solving
  • Effective communication
  • Time management
  • Code review
  • Business analysis
  • Data analysis
  • Organizational development
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Quality assurance
  • Client relationships
  • Operational planning
  • Account management
  • Client satisfaction

Accomplishments

  • Delivered multiple automation frameworks improving QA efficiency by 50%+
  • Recognized by client (Fidelity Investments) for driving CI/CD-based QA transformation.
  • Implemented gated quality metrics and test dashboards improving release predictability.

Languages

English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Native
Native

Timeline

Industry Consulting Manager (QA & Automation CoE)

NTT DATA
03.2021 - Current

Automation Lead

NTT DATA
01.2018 - 03.2021

QA Lead – BMO, USA

BirlaSoft Ltd
11.2016 - 12.2017

QA Engineer – RBS Faster Payments

FIS Global
10.2015 - 11.2016

Automation Engineer – Smart TVs

Samsung India
03.2013 - 10.2015

QA Engineer – Virgin Australia

Coforge (NIIT Technologies)
10.2010 - 03.2013

B.E. - Computer Science & Engineering

Maharshi Dayanand University
Anil Kumar